All Forecourt Trader articles in July 2006
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Spar to supply Total forecourts
Total UK has announced a new partnership with Spar to supply 22 of its large format forecourt stores. Conversions to the Spar fascia will begin in August and follow a successful three-store trial. This will bring the number of Spar forecourt sites up to 485.
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Government considering carbon card scheme
All UK citizens could be given an annual carbon allowance stored as points on an electronic swipe card as part of a new scheme to tackle climate change. Unveiled this week by Environment Secretary David Miliband, the plan would see points deducted for every purchase of non-renewable energy, such as ...
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Freeze on fuel duty rise
A planned increase in fuel duty has been put on hold by the government due to continuing volatility in oil prices.Junior Treasury Minister John Healey has told MPs that the situation will be reviewed again in the autumn pre-Budget report.Fuel duty has remained at 47.1p per litre since October 2003. ...
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‘Green’ is the colour at London Motor Show
The latest fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles have been on display at the British International Motor Show in London. Manufacturers are showcasing their advances in electric, hybrid, bio-fuel and diesel technologies. Cars on show include Ford Focus flexi-fuel models, which can run on either conventional or bio-fuel, and Saab’s ...
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NewsShell trials pump attendant service
Shell is running a new pump attendant service on 20 UK sites as part of a three month trial. The attendants are available to fill up customers’ cars, wash windscreens and clean headlights for an discretionary charge of £1. If successful the scheme will be rolled out nationwide.Shell spokesman Nick ...
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NewsAt your service
They’re a demanding bunch those consumers - not only do they want a their c-store to offer a comprehensive product range and long trading hours, they also want things like ATMs and PayPoint. Indeed, according to new research from HIM’s Convenience Tracking Programme*, 66% of shoppers expect their local ...
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Shining sales success
Summer is a key selling period for torches, when outdoor activities such as camping and caravanning can boost sales by more than 40%. Manufacturer Energizer is therefore urging retailers to stock up. The company says it is important to stock up with branded offerings as consumers buy on the basis ...
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Simple safety solution
Tektroniks has developed a small, easy-to-use, food temperature control system specifically for c-stores and forecourts.The SAM Junior system uses temperature probes to provide 24-hour monitoring for chillers, freezers and hot-serve counters, and alerts retailers to any changes. Outside of trading hours an alarm can auto-dial the site manager’s mobile phone ...
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Point of sale now online
Retailers can order free point-of-sale material from a new website. Launched by sales-support company, the Shelfmax Group, the site allows retailers to browse POS items listed by different manufacturers and order the pieces and quantities they want all at the same time. The items are then delivered directly to the ...
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Mo’gas: An irreverant view from the network
NOW, AS SOME OF YOU WILL REALISE, I’ve been around the petrol scene for quite some time. No, I wasn’t about when the guy with the red flag had to walk in front of your motor, but it is true that I remember wind-up petrol pumps and shots of Redex. ...
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Yazoo goes to zoo
Flavoured milk brand Yazoo is sponsoring new family film Garfield II, which is released on July 21, with an on-pack promotion.The top prize is the chance to sponsor a tiger and visit it on a 10-day trip to India. Other prizes include toy Garfields, DVDs and 99 family trips to ...
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NewsGiving it some welly
The Green Welly Stop has become a traditional and popular stopping point for travellers heading out of Glasgow towards Fort William and the Highlands. Situated on the A82 at Tyndrum, Perthshire, in one of the most beautiful parts of the British Isles, it was formerly known as Clifton Service Station. ...
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Toblerone for girls
Kraft Foods is targeting female consumers with a limited edition 100g Toblerone bar. The exclusive bars feature a new pack design, with the traditional logo replaced on one side by the words ’To Myself’ in pink lipstick letters. To encourage sales, retailers can order a special unit that holds ...
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Try Froot for free
A ’try me free’ money-back guarantee will feature on bottles of Minute Maid Froot Refresh for six weeks from August. Promotional neck collars will appear on 1.4 million 330ml bottles and will also communicate the functional benefits of the drink - said to count as one of the five recommended ...
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Emission impossible?
After years of consultation, smaller sites have been given a reprieve as the government finalises new legislation to curb vapour emissions from petrol pumps. Final plans for implementing stage II vapour recovery - officially known as Petrol Vapour Recovery II - mean that service stations selling more than 3.5m litres ...
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Easy way to top up
Forecourts with PayPoint terminals will now be able to sell easyMobile e-vouchers. The payment collection network says it will be the first to offer the new vouchers and retailers will receive 6% commission for each one sold.Customers of easyMobile are being informed of the new way to top-up - previously ...
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Staff tip-off puts driver in the dock
Staff at a Shell forecourt have helped to bring a banned driver back to court. Mobile hairdresser Anne Davis was given a three-year ban in January for a string of motoring offences, but 72 hours after being banned, 45-year-old Davis, of Deeping St James, Lincolnshire, was behind the wheel again,She ...
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Free EPoS system in TV tie-up deal
Point4 is offering forecourt operators a free EPoS system if they sign up to take its new in-store TV concept. Described as ’shelf-edge TV’, the in-store advertising medium uses small plasma screens, which sit on the edge of the shelf in front of the products. Point 4 says that when ...
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NewsDatabase: DIY?
A growing number of forecourt retailers are finding that retailing isn’t actually now expected to be their main role at all. In days gone by they were told by the oil companies that their main function was ’front of house’ but today they are often finding themselves expected to do ...